MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-95.08 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 50 SFC 973 286 19.9 14.8 72 5.1 16.6 191 14 295.4 297.4 290.8 326.9 10.95 2 950 490 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.1 192 22 295.0 296.8 290.3 325.1 10.50 3 900 950 13.2 12.8 98 0.4 12.9 195 25 295.1 296.9 290.2 324.9 10.37 4 850 1429 11.1 10.3 95 0.8 10.6 216 26 297.8 299.4 290.2 324.8 9.27 5 800 1937 12.2 -0.4 42 12.6 5.7 232 28 304.2 305.1 288.2 318.4 4.64 6 750 2476 9.8 -5.5 33 15.3 2.7 230 33 307.2 307.9 288.0 317.8 3.38 7 700 3045 6.0 -8.3 35 14.3 -0.3 228 40 309.1 309.7 288.2 318.4 2.92 8 650 3646 1.4 -10.3 41 11.7 -3.4 229 44 310.6 311.1 288.5 319.2 2.69 9 600 4285 -3.7 -11.8 53 8.1 -6.8 229 44 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.1 2.58 10 550 4965 -8.9 -13.4 70 4.5 -10.6 234 46 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.47 11 500 5696 -13.8 -17.4 74 3.6 -14.9 237 51 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.7 1.95 12 450 6486 -20.6 -21.1 96 0.5 -20.8 239 55 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.6 1.58 13 400 7347 -26.8 -27.7 92 0.9 -27.0 243 57 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.5 0.98 14 350 8294 -34.7 -45.5 33 10.8 -35.5 241 64 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.19 15 300 9352 -43.2 -50.0 47 6.8 -43.6 241 69 324.4 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.13 16 250 10553 -51.7 -60.8 33 9.0 -52.0 244 63 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 17 200 11984 -54.9 -70.3 13 15.3 -55.2 261 63 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 13815 -58.2 -79.2 5 21.0 -58.4 249 49 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16369 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.4 278 34 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.01 m Freezing level: 636.05 mb = 3824.36 m = 12546.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.66 mb = 2989.89 m = 9809.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.06 mb = 930.21 m = 3051.84 ft T: 13.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1074.43 m = 3524.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.30 C = 68.54 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 20.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 298.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.33 mb = 1012.08 m = 3320.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.33 mb = 4847.44 m = 15903.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.33 mb = 9388.28 m = 30801.07 ft B at Equ Level: 115.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.33 mb = 10859.79 m = 35628.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 81.22 m/s